R
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring R skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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6 months to 10 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 |
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| Rank | 174 | 152 | 214 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -22 | +62 | +4 |
| Permanent jobs citing R | 26 | 21 | 38 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands | 0.31% | 0.65% | 0.52% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.71% | 2.63% | 2.01% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 22 | 20 | 35 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £37,500 | £29,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,250 | £41,250 | £44,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £34,250 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -27.89% | -13.64% | +15.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £40,625 | £58,125 | £73,125 |
| 90th Percentile | £71,106 | £61,375 | £80,000 |
| England median annual salary | £32,500 | £62,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -47.58% | +3.33% | -7.69% |
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
R falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the West Midlands.
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 961 | 799 | 1,889 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 11.45% | 24.66% | 25.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 724 | 605 | 1,637 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £32,500 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £42,500 | £40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.76% | -4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,300 | £75,772 |
| England median annual salary | £65,000 | £65,000 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +8.33% | -7.69% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing R relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Salary Trend in the West Midlands
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing R.
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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands
Salary distribution for jobs citing R in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 10 May 2026.
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Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing R within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| Birmingham | -4 | 17 | £30,500 | -32.22% | 2 |
| Staffordshire | -10 | 4 | £36,000 | -32.95% | 1 |
| Wolverhampton | - | 2 | £38,750 | - | 1 |
| Shropshire | - | 1 | £37,500 | - | 1 |
| Dudley | - | 1 | £30,000 | - | 1 |
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category: